Train to Las Vegas Promises Boost for UP Route
The Union Pacific launches a bid for a larger Las Vegas travel share with a new City of Las Vegas roundtrip train. A nine-car lightweight Speedster, built by General Motors, covers the seven hour run from Redwood to Las Vegas, supported by casino and hotel displays, with Hank DeLacy as UP’s Las Vegas liaison. The writer covers preview events, onboard amenities, hotel nights, shows, and the gambling scene, noting mixed results of “system” betting among visitors.
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Las Vegas
Union Pacific Railroad
Elen
Mary Lou Zehms
Sterling Bemis
Fred Kral
Southland Magazine
Bt Abou
General Motors
Eredwood
ESORE
Hannan J
Hank) DeLacy
Bro
BeLeeey
Low Beach
Union Pacific
Hank DeLary
Christmas charity efforts fuel Long Beach season
Volunteers of America chimneys downtown operate 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. with nonuniform workers earning 50 cents an hour to raise funds for needy families and elderly neighbors. A Christmas dinner for 300 seniors is planned at Morgan Hall. The Christmas Cheer Clearing House seeks cash and donated items for 600 families, and a bedridden girl received a TV set from Christmas Cheer. Cub Scouts have donated toys collected since September to the Clearing House.
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Wilson Bieh School
Sandy Brewer
Loriner Ave
Dick Hopkins
Flint Ave
Volunteers of América
Uni
Adj
James H.rice
Volu
Long Beach
Sve
Morgan Hall
Christmas Cheer Clearing House
Cleartuy House
Tb St
Alamitos Ave
Gir
Cub
Den 2
Ameory
Faust Ave
Den
Marie Smith
Anna Mae Townsend
Pilot Club
Lakewood Rotary Club
Crippled Childres's Society
XWCA
Milikan High School
Wilson High
St. Matthew's Chi Rao Club
Sts. Gyprians Choi
West Coast Narcotics Flow Seen Driving $3 Billion Annual Trade
Washington sources and state narcotics agents describe a vast heroin pipeline feeding Long Beach and West Coast ports. Robert A. Neeb Jr. testifies that nearly three billion dollars a year link heroin from Communist China through West Coast channels, with California alone spending about 150,000 in related costs and clinics. Federal probes seek tighter border and port searches to curb the crime syndicate.
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Long Beach
Neeb
Custon
BMWI
Hworld Crime Syndicate
Washington
Toa ‘Woeld
Siips
Californie
Illigal
Chine
Sourhland
Senate Investigating Committee
Cali
West Coast
Hills
China
California
Kealer Lashes LBOD Water-Flooding Amendment Debate
City Councilman Raymond C. Kealer sharply criticizes the proposed water flooding clause in Long Beach Oil Development Co. contracts during an informal council session. The council plans a meeting with the Harbor Commissioners to discuss adding production and preventing subsidence, with a 30 day window from December 4 for action.
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Raymond C. Kealer
Long Beach Oil Development Co
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Prison Term Escaped on Check Count
An ex-convict, Charles B. Thurmpson, 36, avoided returning to state prison as judges noted his efforts to overcome a severe drinking problem. He faced 10 months in county jail after pleading guilty to worthliess check charges totaling 169.87 in Long Beach. A Santa Claus charity event for 39 children, organized by Volunteers of America and local departments, will proceed with gifts and holiday activities at Naval Shipyard and local agencies.
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Dusire
Charles B. Thurmpson
10Th St
Lyman K. Swenson
Beach Vases
Santa Claus
America Children’s Home
Long Beach
Naval Shipyard
Nner Harbor
Ment
Thompson
Colorado
Nebraska
Procter & Gambie
7Th St
Orbinges
Dar
Hathor
Nedine St
Thompson Martin
Hilda Olsen
Jim Jansen
Thompann
Time Out Schools Close for Two Week Holiday Layoff
Long Beach public schools shut for Christmas vacation impacting 65 000 students as classes ended today. Superintendent Douglas A Newcomb announced that the next instructional day for students and staff will be Wednesday January 2, 18ST. District employees receive paid holidays in addition to Christmas and New Year holidays.
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Long Beach
Douglas A. Newcomb
Gilie
Bem
Police seize fugitive after glass breakage in downtown
Two officers heard glass breakage early today and arrested David Eaton, 36, of Ohio, after finding a broken window at Jensen's Rubber Stamp Co. He was sought in Ohio for forgery and parole violation and was detained at a hotel on 244 American Ave.
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Ohio
Oltiers
Tadlock
Lee
Jensen's Rubber Stamp Co
3Rd St
David &. Eaton
American Ave
Council Seeks Opinion on Oil Money Beach Concessions
At the Recreation Commission’s request the City Council asked City Atty Walkfred Jacobson for a ruling on the legality of using tidal and oil money for building beach concessions and changing rooms. Walter L. Scott, recreation director, notes the project was proposed years ago and has received repeated commission endorsement. Nearby communities already provide such facilities.
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Recreation Commission
Shinplasters Replaceable by Coins Highlight Classified Value
Independent Press-Telegram ad notes shinplasters of small denomination faded in value due to depreciation. It extols classified ads as the best way to make money, urging readers to sell unneeded items. An example ad by Thad at Lock 25959 reports strong results after first day.
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Independent
Press-Telegram
Hemlock
Convicted Duo Utley and Arcons Face Sentencing
Jim Utley and Dr. Leonard Arons were convicted Monday by Superior Judge Ralph Pierson on eight felony counts for conspiracy to perform and performing illegal abortions. Utley, age 55 of Van Nuys, could face at least 40 years in state prison as he has a prior federal narcotics felony. Arons, 31 of Burbank, faces five to five years per count. Both remanded without bail and scheduled to be sentenced January 28 after raid on a storefront abortion operation at 1146 Fine Ave, alleged to handle up to $500,000 yearly.
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Jimmy Utley
Leonard IM. vArons
Ralph X. Porson
Udley
van Nuys
Arans
Burbank
Leeds
Pierson
Utley
Arons
Los Angeles
Fine Ave
More Signs for One Way Streets Sought by Council
City council debates dangers of one way streets downtown due to insufficient signs. Toby Wick calls for a report from City Manager Samuel E. Cleman and urges bids for regulatory signs. Some members oppose broader changes, excluding the Reiman Shore area, and authorize a $10,000 sign purchase.
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Ceuonerman
Toby Wick
Wick
Samuel E
Lewis D. Reese
Reiman, Shore
Ois
Suiden
Purse Snatching Report From Street Collision
Elizabeth M. Paris, 72, and Mary Williams, 50, both named in a bungled theft incident on Myrtle Avenue near Seaside Hospital. A robber snatched Paris’s purse containing cash and personal belongings after a foggy daytime collision near Atlantic Avenue and 17th Street. Paris was hospitalized. authorities say the youths fled in a waiting car.
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Elizabeth M. Paris
Lemon Aya
Mary Williams
Myrtle Ave
Seaside Hospital
Atlantic Ave
17Th St
160Th St Cerritos Ave
Buffum Named Associate Chairman of Hospital Fund
Harry Buffum, president of Buffums department store, was named associate chairman of the four million dollar United Hospital Fund campaign to start next month. He will help recruit five thousand volunteer workers as part of the drive leaders Bud Ridings and George Buck announce. The funds will aid equipment for new hospital buildings authorized by a ten point six million bond issue, with a 100 bed facility planned between Atlantic and American Aves and E. 27th and Columbia Sts. Buck chairs the labor executive committee, with APT secretary Brown as vice chair.
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Harry Buffum
Buffums
Istate
United ‘Hospital Fund
Bud) Ridings
Buffum
Tong
Long Beach Inter-Hospital
Seaside Memorial Hospital
Ridings
Atlantic
American Aves
E. 27Th
Columbia
Sts
Long Beach
George E. Buck
Hospital Fund
Buck
CTO
Ea Brown
APT
Central Labor Council
Vier
Douglas Hit by Profits Board Action
Douglas Aircraft Co says the U S regional negotiating board recommends nine million dollars in profits for the fiscal year ended Nov 20. This could require a government refund of about 2 24 million if adopted, after state and federal tax adjustments. A hearing will precede final determination.
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Douglas
Douglas Aircraft Co
U.S
Te Company
Washington
Man Charged on Two Counts of Burglary in Local Case
Frank Martinez Lozano 26 of Los Angeles faced two burglary counts after entering two homes. He was surprised by occupants and chased from an East 45th Street home, caught by a city employee with a pitchfork. A Long Beach officer’s house was implicated, and Lozano, booked as Martinez, allegedly fled with jewelry valued at $2450 and later escaped another Adams Street residence.
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Frank Martinez Lorato
Los Angeles
Attrney
Lozang
E. 45Th St
Long Beach
Lozano
Martinez
Adams
St. Residant
Two Young Bandits Sentenced to CYA in Robbery Case
Bakersfield youths David Hugh Read aged 19 and Kenneth E. Van Brunt aged 18 were committed to the California Youth Authority by Superior Judge Leach Vasey on robbery charges. They admitted one count each in municipal court after police said they robbed two Navy men of 11 dollars on October 25.
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Bakersfia
California Youth Authority
Leach Vasey
David Hugh Read
Kenneth E. van Brunt
Navy
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